Manchester University Press books 50% summer sale

[seaJane]

If you buy direct from the Press website and insert Summer16 in the Promotional Code box, there's a 50% discount on prices. As some of the academic hardbacks are £80 it may bring some things down to a price where you'd consider buying them - but at £7 or £8 the paperbacks are a snip.

 

I've run a search on Great War in their titles: http://www.manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/search-results/?keyword=great+war; the titles disperse after page 2 to those that have either Great or War in the title but not both as a phrase - I tried searching as a phrase but their system does not recognise it.  

 

First World War brings up a larger set: http://www.manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/search-results/?keyword=First+world+War 

 

Interesting titles: John Galsworthy and disabled soldiers of the Great War; Nurse writers of the Great War; The secret battle, emotional survival in the Great War; Jamaican volunteers in the First World War.

 

sJ

 

[Dust Jacket Collector]

Thanks, seaJane. Some interesting books there. The discount has allowed me to order one of the more expensive ones on publishing during the war.

[John_Hartley]

Bargains!

 

A book I had been interested in a year back had only be available in hardback at silly money. Spotted it was now available in paperback and a snip at nine quid with the discount..

[Dragon]

Thanks! I have treated myself.

[David Filsell]

Still far too many a bloody silly academic prices - the fact that were so many of which I had never heard shows just what a bubble academic publishers and marketeers live in. The crusade continues!! 

[David Ridgus]

Jane

 

Thank you for flagging this up. I read a library copy of Bowman's book about morale to help my daughter with her dissertation but I'll now purchase a copy for myself at this price.

 

You do fall to wondering though who on earth would pay £75 for a book about the Cypriot Mule Corps

 

David

[seaJane]

3 hours ago, David Ridgus said:

 

You do fall to wondering though who on earth would pay £75 for a book about the Cypriot Mule Corps

 

David

So few people/libraries that they have to price it high to get any sort of return... ?

 

It's a mystery to me.

[WilliamRev]

I think that Helion are doing great work here - some very specialised WW1 books, beautifully produced, and priced at the £25 mark even for hardbacks, not the £75 (and sometimes this sort of price for a paperback) that we see from some of the University Presses for this kind of book..

 

William

[Dragon]

My parcel of books has arrived, less than 24 hours after I placed the order. Very pleased with the savings and the service.

 

Gwyn